PeterZ - "I never said the US was unique in the way it views sovereignty. I simply stated most of Europe and the rest of the world did not view sovereignty in this way. Certainly Britain and France don't. France goes so far as to deny the sovereignty of their citizens unless they act as body in elections.
In another thread you stated you were a statist. You accept that the elected agents of your government are the proper people to make social and economic decisions in your country. You effectively asserted those agents are better at exercising your sovereignty for you. At that point it doesn't matter if you are legally sovereign or not. That mindset works for many people but is not one I find admirable."
We'll have to disagree on this one as unless you PZ act as a statist you would be in jail quite quickly, as would any citizen of any functioning country that refused to follow the nationally set rules.
Do I assert that those agents are better than I am at exercising my sovereignty? No, of course not and if I'm unhappy at what is being done in my name then I work at letter writing and other tactics to influence the next election. However I'm unable (as you would be) to act directly on every matter of social and economic significance, only so many hours in the day.
You may not realise it but your every post on this matter has a subtle sneer implying that all the rest of us are sheep who aren't free, while you as a gun toting US citizen are, and thus we are virtually slaves to our governments. Most irritating and wrong.
During the past 8 years you have had one leader, while we have had five. We sacked four of them for not listening to us. Our politicians know that they lead at our sufferance.
